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  No fewer than 50 persons have been declared dead and moved to morgues following the attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo state, on Sunday. Armed herdsmen had invaded St Francis Xavier church while service was underway and ...

  The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 19 suspected Internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Lokoja, Kogi State This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, ...

  The Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a ‘lesson teacher,’ Joseph Ibanga, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgement, said that the prosecution had proved the charge ...

Veteran journalist and Spokesman for the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Bayo Onanuga, says he was the one who introduced Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to then Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, in 1999, a decision he now regrets. Onanuga said this in ...

  The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has paid a condolence visit to Ondo State to commiserate with the governor, the people of the state, and the Catholic diocese of Ondo over the Sunday terror attack at St Francis Catholic Church, ...

All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has announced Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate. This is coming as the party begins its presidential primary election in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Adamu was said to ...

    Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the mother of Abdulkarim Abdulsalam, the All Progressive Congress (APC), senatorial candidate of Kano Central. The victim, identified as Laure Mai-Kunu was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Monday at her home, ...

  FirstBank delighted investors with a pleasant surprise when it announced stellar results confirming that its turnaround strategy pinned on the pillars of innovation, resilience and digging deep is working. Its profit after tax spiked 108% to N32.4billion on the ...

  The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Presidential Aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated N50 million to victims of the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo which left about 50 people dead. Tinubu was on condolence ...

  Four policemen who allegedly extorted a man, Uche Anthony, of N300,000 on Wednesday in Lagos have been arrested, spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi has said. The policemen, according to the victim, cocked their gun and forced him to an Automated Teller ...

  Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have killed two gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident occurred on Sunday evening. SaharaReporters gathered that the hoodlums had kidnapped two ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has sympathised with his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu and the people of the state over Sunday’s killing of worshippers at a Catholic church in Owo. Worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church at Owa-luwa ...

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday shed tears at the scene of a deadly attack by terrorists in the state. Terrorists earlier in the day attacked St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, the governor’s hometown, killing dozens ...

The apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described the gruesome murder of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-Iuwa Street, Owo, Ondo State on Sunday as evil. It called on the South-West Security Network, Amotekun, to buckle down and ...

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Suleman Johnson has called on all churches to beef up their security. According to Suleman, God will not come down to do what they should do. Suleman made the call yesterday ...

    Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Agbor Command, Delta State, have returned N1,434,715 and other valuables to relatives of victims of an auto crash. Sector Commander, Udeme Eshiet, who spoke at the weekend in Agbor, reiterated ...

A young couple, Somtochukwu Benjamin, 27, and his wife, Olivia Chinoyelum, 26, have died in a fatal motor accident one month after their wedding. Somto and Olivia had their traditional wedding on April 16, 2022. And just a month after ...

  Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, yesterday, directed all settlers, herders and those residing inside the forests around Umunneochi Local Council to vacate there immediately. This directive was contained in a statement issued by the State Information Commissioner, Dr. Eze ...

Suspected bandits in the early hours of Monday June 6, 2022 attacked Efab Mini-Estate inside the bigger Genuine Estate in the Federal Capital Territory and operated from 1am to 4am before abducting several residents of the estate. Sources disclosed that ...

At least 49 people died and hundreds were injured after a fire sparked a huge chemical explosion at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday. The toll was expected to rise, with some of the more than ...

    The Director-General of Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Kashim Shettima, has apologised to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Ahmad Lawan over comments made during an interview. Mr Shettima had on Friday, during an interview on Channels TV, said ...

    The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected armed robbers, Mustapha Mohammed and Abdullahi Buba, during an operation on Apongbon Bridge, in the Ebute-Ero area of the state. A statement by the state Police ...

  Security agencies in Anambra State have reportedly busted nine camps belonging to ‘unknown gunmen’ in the Anambra South Senatorial District. Nine shrines used by the hoodlums for oath-taking were also raided by the joint task force on security in ...

Unknown gunmen have killed two persons and abducted a yet to be ascertained number of people along Obbo Aiyegunle/Osi highway in Kwara South Senatorial District on Saturday. The victims were reportedly attacked in an 18 seater commercial bus registered XC167MUN ...

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the demotion of Corporal Isaac Mathew to the rank of Constable. Mathew, attached to Ebonyi State Police Command, was seen in a viral TikTok video on May 7, 2022. He was dressed in a ...